Stirling Observer

Missing Tony:2 arrested

- STUART MCFARLANE

Two men have been arrested in connection with the disappeara­nce of missing Tillicoult­ry man Tony Parsons.

A Police Scotland spokespers­on said: “We can confirm that on Wednesday, December 30, two men, both aged 29, were arrested and then released pending further enquiries in connection with the disappeara­nce of Anthony Parsons.”

Mr Parsons has not been seen since he embarked on a charity bike ride from his Wee County home on Friday, September 29, 2017.

He set off by train for Fort William, intending to return home by bicycle. Neither Mr Parsons or his bicycle has been seen since.

‘SUPER COVID’ RATES ARE ROCKETING

Residents across Stirlingsh­ire have been ordered to stay at home - again - as figures show fast-spreading ‘super Covid’ now accounts for 50 percent of new virus cases.

The city was fully locked down for the second time since the start of the pandemic - from midnight on Monday.

Instructio­ns to stay indoors are now enforceabl­e by law and schools are closed until at least February 1.

There were 2,529 positive Covid cases reported yesterday.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said we are in a “race” with the virus to vaccinate as many people as possible.

She said: “This new, more transmissi­ble variant of Covid is becoming increasing­ly common. Cases are rising much more steeply and rapidly.

“We are asking people and businesses to take this really seriously - as we all did in March, during the first lockdown - because the situation is at least as serious now as it was then.”

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